This free math video shows me introducing my 4-year-old to the concept of counting on. Having a visual with the Cuisenaire Rods helps make it more concrete. We also count to 50 and talk a little bit about teen numbers. Academics should be fun at this age, not drudgery!
Tag Archives: kindergarten
Single Color Trains
Here is a free math video that shows an excellent activity to do with preschoolers (or any age when first working with Cuisenaire Rods!) to help them internalize more of the structure of our number system. This is the gateway to learning multiplication, division, and fractions. Even very young children can begin to learn about these topics when they are presented this way. You will spend a lot more time teaching these concepts if you only use pencil and paper to introduce them! Cuisenaire Rods help children and adults to SEE the patterns inherent in our number system.
Shorter, Longer…
This free math video shows another good activity to do when introducing the Cuisenaire Rods to preschoolers. This obviously got pretty difficult for my 4 year old when we started working with more than three rods. It’s a good activity to build critical thinking skills.